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Leadership

A collection of 8 issues

The Power of "I don't know"

In our world where influencers are giving advice nonstop on social media and many people seem to know more than us, we may feel like we have to be "know it all." The reality is that in this fast moving, dynamic, and competitive world, it is very hard

Helping Others See

When I flew back from Raleigh to New York Friday evening, I saw a doctor in his scrubs. He carried a box that has a label "human tissue inside." I looked closer, there is another label on the box that says "Miracle In Sight." In between

Keep Going

Recently, a number of people in my network got more serious about entrepreneurship and they want to start their own startups. They have great ideas, are domain experts, and have access to engineers and data scientists. They have applied to a few well-known accelerators and got rejected without much of

Giving Thanks

I love Thanksgiving for many reasons. One reason is that it gives me an extra opportunity to express gratitude. Indeed, I am very lucky to be able to do what I love. * I am grateful for the investors who back us. * I am grateful for the opportunity to work with

OpenAI Board Should Resign

What happened at OpenAI was crazy on many levels. While I am an outsider to OpenAI's inner workings, I will go out on a limb and say that the people who made the decision to oust Sam Altman probably do not have the right experience for making this

The Discipline of Business Updates

Sharing regular business updates is an important discipline for startups and management teams. For me, these regular updates come each week and month in the forms of weekly CEO calls and email updates from CEOs. These regular updates focus on the state of the business - finance, sales, marketing, product,

Cheerleaders and Advocates

Some of the best emails and texts arrived in my inbox in the last few days were from friends and former students informing me that the small part I played in helping them made a difference in their professional endeavors. Here is an example I got this Sunday morning, and

CEO Self-Reflection

Originally posted on June 11, 2022 Self-reflection is an important skill. In startups, CEO self-reflection can be very hard to do. Sometimes it seems nearly impossible for early-stage companies. The startup is always on - building, selling, pivoting, hiring, fundraising - all with limited resources! The startup CEO is the